Alpine plan

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The Alpine Plan exists as a regional planning instrument for sustainable development and control of recreational use in the Bavarian Alpine region . It regulates the admissibility of traffic developments (e.g. mountain railways, lifts, ski runs, roads and paths).

history

In 1972 the so-called Alpine Plan was enacted as a preferred section of the Bavarian State Development Program (LEP) and, when the LEP came into force in 1976, it was incorporated into the Alpine Recreational Landscape section. The Alpine Plan was drawn up as a preventive concept to prevent over-development, to secure the natural area, to reduce the potential danger from avalanches and erosion and to secure the area for recreation. To achieve these goals, the Bavarian Alpine region is divided into three zones, which, depending on the type, allow or prohibit different infrastructure measures.

The initiator was Helmut Karl , who was awarded the German Alpine Prize for this. The reason at that time was the plan to build a cable car up the Watzmann .

Protection categories (zones)

The Alpine Plan distinguishes between three different zones: In the strictest protection category, Zone C (42% of the Bavarian Alpine region), new traffic developments are not permitted, with the exception of necessary regional cultural measures (e.g. alpine pastures and forest paths). In zone B (23% of the Bavarian Alpine region), traffic developments are only possible if strict standards are observed. In Zone A (35% of the Bavarian Alpine region), it is generally possible to set up further development facilities. However, the spatially significant projects in Zone A must also be checked for their spatial and environmental compatibility .

Further development

In connection with the experience of the winter avalanche in 1998/99, Zone C was expanded to 43% of the Bavarian Alpine region when the LEP was updated in 2003.

Even if the Alpine Plan had a positive effect in many areas, the various developments in Europe today mean that the Bavarian Alps are exposed to a multitude of problems that can no longer be solved nationally. In order to be able to solve these problems, we need a concept that is sustainable across the Alps and a common strategy. The Alpine Convention is the right framework for this. It strengthens cooperation and communication between the states and regions of the Alps and provides uniform Alpine-wide environmental standards.

Danger

With the creation of the alpine plan, a conscious decision was made against the construction of certain cable cars and against the expansion of certain ski areas, which were discussed at the time, namely on the Watzmann , on the Brünnstein , on the Alpspitze and on the Riedberger Horn and some other mountains. After more than forty years, this decision is currently being questioned by the Bavarian state government, which changed the zoning of the Alpine plan with the help of the CSU majority in the Bavarian state parliament on November 9, 2017, in order to enable the construction of a ski swing on the Riedberger Horn.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Alpine Convention in detail - goals and implementation (pdf). (PDF; 1.6 MB) June 2016, accessed June 27, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Helmut Karl: Cable cars in the last quiet areas of the Alps? Yearbook of the Association for the Protection of Alpine Plants and Animals, 1968, accessed on February 14, 2018 .
  3. ↑ B5 current - B5 for mountaineers (audio). December 14, 2008, accessed March 15, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Umwelt-Lexikon (Bavarian State Ministry for Environment and Health). 1976, archived from the original on February 22, 2011 ; Retrieved March 15, 2011 .
  5. ↑ DAV Panorama 5/2016, p. 8
  6. ↑ Construction project on the Riedberger Horn - the alpine plan is in danger. Retrieved December 13, 2017 .